Publisher's Synopsis
Samuel Merwin (1874-1936), who also wrote as Merwin-Webster, was an American writer of historical fiction. He went to Northwestern University but he didn't graduate. He began his literary career by publishing two popular novels in collaboration with his boyhood friend Henry Kitchen Webster; The Short Line War (1899) and Calumet "K" (1901). Following the separation of this team, Merwin wrote many novels into the 1920s when his interest turned to drama. Many of his novels shed light on Chicago and the Midwest, making effective use of the Great Lakes as settings. His works include: His Little World: The Story of Hunch Bandeau (1903), The Whip Hand: A Tale of the Pine Country (1903), The Merry Ann (1904), The Road-Builders (1905) and Goldie Green (1922).
